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All the materials in barebones are working teaching documents 
subject to review, alteration or abandonment in classroom practice.
Anyone is welcome to use this stuff, but copyright remains with
Thor May. Feedback, positive or negative, is very welcome.

Popup English :             ESL
materials & ideas developed in Korea

by Thor May

 

Stress, Rhythm, Intonation

Teaching Notes
Student Presentation  

Total Physical Response

Teaching Notes  
Physical Commands  
Mr Dog Looks for Breakfast
Finger Puppet Stories
    

Employment

Job Interview Frame 1 
Job Interview Frame 2 
Job Interview Frame 3 
After the Interview 
Job Application Frame 1 

Numeracy

Teaching Notes 
Numbers for Listening Recognition
Geometric Shapes 
Telling the Time 
Estimating Distances etc. 
Domestic Expenses - Hotel Laundry Bill 1 
Car Hire 1 
Car Hire 2 
Car Hire 3 
Hotel Bills - Teaching Notes
Hotel Bill 1 
Hotel Bill 2 
Hotel Bill 3 
Hotel Bill 4 

Location

Giving local directions  
Map reading & directions  
Counter Inquiry Dialogue
Navigating in Haeundae  

Conversations to Speak & Memorize

Introduction
Meeting You
Where's Carrefour?
You Could Take A Taxi
Where Can I Stay In Seoul?
Let's Go And See The Teacher
What Time Do You Go To Bed?

Topical Texts to Learn

Teaching Notes  
Biography  
Korean Food  
A Famous Korean  
My City  
The Buses  

Service Dialogues

Sports Booking  
Dry Cleaning  
Bargaining  

Travel Talk

Travel 1
Travel 2
Travel 3
Travel 4

Gossip

Teaching Notes  
One Minute Whispers  
Five Minute talk topics  

The Hotel Awful

Foreign Visitor - Reading  
Not a Perfect World - Dialogue  
Confusion - Dialogue

Songs

In Dublin's Fair City
The Rose of  Tralee
Our Love Will Go On (Titanic theme song)

Poems

Sea Fever
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
The Ghost With The Most
Cow-ard
I Love You Not
Nick-names

Today has lasted for 4 billion and 2 years, 6 hours, 12 minutes and 13.5 seconds
Extraordinary
Wood, Paper, Plastic
Tiger In The Night

Stories To Go With Pictures

Introduction
1. A Day At The Beach 7. Mr Brown's Race
2. Rain 8. An Exam For The Postman
3. Thieves 9. Monkey Talk
4. Fishing 10. Shopping
5. Camping Holiday 11. Tom Jones Was Not Popular Today
6. Living With The Sea 12. Winhope City

Stories To Go With "Father & Son" Pictures

1. Dinner Time 3.Fishy Story
2. Fence Flier 4. Manhole

Question and Answer Game

Introduction
1. Q&A Set 1 5. Q&A Set 5
2. Q&A Set 2 6. Q&A Set 6
3. Q&A Set 3 7. Q&A Set 7
4. Q&A Set 4

Other Stories

Aesop's Fables in Easy English

Ten Minute History of English

Presentation

Narrative Credibility

A defining idea

Sungsim Courses

Suggested Guiding Principles
Printed Materials Design  

All the materials in barebones are working teaching documents 
subject to review, alteration or abandonment in classroom practice.
Anyone is welcome to use this stuff, but copyright remains with
Thor May. Feedback, positive or negative, is very welcome.

 

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